Arch: find package for specific command

July 7, 2018 less than 1 minute read

The problem is: How do you find the package for a given command? Two solutions are presented.

Use the program pkgfile.
Use pacman.
1. Update database: $ sudo pacman -Fy
2. Searching: $ pacman -Fs $cmd

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